Hajjar Gibran
Founder & Creative Director
The son of an inventor, Hajjar passed his youth building tree houses, hot rods and tiny homes. He was already a skilled designer & builder by the time he finished the engineering program at SDSU. He built his first passive solar home in Nova Scotia at age 24, where he won several awards from the Nova Scotia Design Council.
For many years, Hajjar worked to support rainforest preservation. He designed and managed the production of responsibly harvested rainforest products to fund legal action that granted indigenous people ownership of over 25,000 acres of virgin rainforest.
After his beloved brother’s tragic death, Hajjar was inspired to follow his spiritual calling. The Return of The Prophet is Hajjar’s award winning sequel to the spiritual classic The Prophet by his great uncle Kahlil Gibran, published in more than 40 countries around the world.
While building The Gibran Center in Thailand, Hajjar developed an innovative way of building beautiful low cost AirCrete domes that has gained international recognition. He founded DomeGaia in 2014 to answer the global demand for his innovative low-cost housing designs.
Founder & Creative Director
The son of an inventor, Hajjar passed his youth building tree houses, hot rods and tiny homes. He was already a skilled designer & builder by the time he finished the engineering program at SDSU. He built his first passive solar home in Nova Scotia at age 24, where he won several awards from the Nova Scotia Design Council.
For many years, Hajjar worked to support rainforest preservation. He designed and managed the production of responsibly harvested rainforest products to fund legal action that granted indigenous people ownership of over 25,000 acres of virgin rainforest.
After his beloved brother’s tragic death, Hajjar was inspired to follow his spiritual calling. The Return of The Prophet is Hajjar’s award winning sequel to the spiritual classic The Prophet by his great uncle Kahlil Gibran, published in more than 40 countries around the world.
While building The Gibran Center in Thailand, Hajjar developed an innovative way of building beautiful low cost AirCrete domes that has gained international recognition. He founded DomeGaia in 2014 to answer the global demand for his innovative low-cost housing designs.
Gabriel De La Cruz
Lead Instructor
Gabe is a young man who with a bit of Irish luck and a few gentle nudges found himself in the DomeGaia Center for Product Development and Building Experimentation, a.k.a. Hajjar’s Garage. Since February of 2017, Gabe has traveled around the world bringing with him the simple elegance of the AirCrete dome, and sharing community, life, and love with people of all walks.
Lead Instructor
Gabe is a young man who with a bit of Irish luck and a few gentle nudges found himself in the DomeGaia Center for Product Development and Building Experimentation, a.k.a. Hajjar’s Garage. Since February of 2017, Gabe has traveled around the world bringing with him the simple elegance of the AirCrete dome, and sharing community, life, and love with people of all walks.
Rafael Bravo
Workshop Instructor
As a Mexican-Chilean world traveller, art director, festival producer, actor, musician, juggler, acrobat, professional clown and chef, Rafa brings a playful dynamic to the DomeGaia team. Starting out building his own toys as a child, he now loves to build houses, bicycles and other useful toys. With a deep appreciation for art and design, and huge creative energy, Rafa is an entertaining instructor who inspires a lot of laughter.
Workshop Instructor
As a Mexican-Chilean world traveller, art director, festival producer, actor, musician, juggler, acrobat, professional clown and chef, Rafa brings a playful dynamic to the DomeGaia team. Starting out building his own toys as a child, he now loves to build houses, bicycles and other useful toys. With a deep appreciation for art and design, and huge creative energy, Rafa is an entertaining instructor who inspires a lot of laughter.
Heather Reese
Workshop Instructor
An Atlanta native and flight attendant, Heather heeded the call of intuition and curiosity and attended a dome building workshop on a whim. Not only was she deeply inspired by the counter-culture of alternative building, she also unexpectedly fell in love with one of Domegaia's own. Since then, Rafael and Heather's journey has evolved to traveling and teaching together, and soaking up home in Mexico City between voyages. With a heart for harmony and an intrigue in the extraordinary, Heather resonates with the spirit of conscious community and is humbled to help others tune into the powerful potential within us all to unite and create.
Workshop Instructor
An Atlanta native and flight attendant, Heather heeded the call of intuition and curiosity and attended a dome building workshop on a whim. Not only was she deeply inspired by the counter-culture of alternative building, she also unexpectedly fell in love with one of Domegaia's own. Since then, Rafael and Heather's journey has evolved to traveling and teaching together, and soaking up home in Mexico City between voyages. With a heart for harmony and an intrigue in the extraordinary, Heather resonates with the spirit of conscious community and is humbled to help others tune into the powerful potential within us all to unite and create.
Ignacio Acuna
Workshop Instructor
Ignacio Acuña is Chilean born, raised in California and is currently living and working on projects between Portland Oregon, and Baja Mexico. He has been in various trades for 18 years. Trained in traditional carpentry, Japanese timber framing, cabinetry, modern furniture building, design, and various different mediums of visual arts, Ignacio brings a deep knowledge of creating and problem solving in various techniques. His sense of aesthetics are rooted in organic design, while his building skills stem from apprenticing with masters of various trades and learning hands on.
Affected by three massive California fires, and disillusioned with standard building methods, Ignacio has dedicated himself to applying and teaching alternative building practices using nature as a model to achieve balance and efficiency, while being resistant to climate change and natural catastrophes. Through building and supporting the advancement of sustainable off-grid homes, Ignacio's wish is to bring individuals and families the experience of a more symbiotic and healing way of living with nature.
Workshop Instructor
Ignacio Acuña is Chilean born, raised in California and is currently living and working on projects between Portland Oregon, and Baja Mexico. He has been in various trades for 18 years. Trained in traditional carpentry, Japanese timber framing, cabinetry, modern furniture building, design, and various different mediums of visual arts, Ignacio brings a deep knowledge of creating and problem solving in various techniques. His sense of aesthetics are rooted in organic design, while his building skills stem from apprenticing with masters of various trades and learning hands on.
Affected by three massive California fires, and disillusioned with standard building methods, Ignacio has dedicated himself to applying and teaching alternative building practices using nature as a model to achieve balance and efficiency, while being resistant to climate change and natural catastrophes. Through building and supporting the advancement of sustainable off-grid homes, Ignacio's wish is to bring individuals and families the experience of a more symbiotic and healing way of living with nature.
Kari-Lise Boyer
Workshop Coordinator
Kari-Lise, aka Safari Kari, has a passion for helping people come together in the richness of community through our educational dome building workshops. Her dreams come alive when she sees people working together to create a beautiful, healthy life for themselves and those around them. Kari-Lise plugs away on the computer from her home in colorful Colorado but you may occasionally see her pop up at workshops to share some of her sunshine and joy.
Workshop Coordinator
Kari-Lise, aka Safari Kari, has a passion for helping people come together in the richness of community through our educational dome building workshops. Her dreams come alive when she sees people working together to create a beautiful, healthy life for themselves and those around them. Kari-Lise plugs away on the computer from her home in colorful Colorado but you may occasionally see her pop up at workshops to share some of her sunshine and joy.
Dr. Niemah Nefertiti Royal
Outreach Goddess
Dr. Niemah Nefertiti Rosier-Royal wears many hats; she is a community leader; parent; friend; mentor; ordained minister; humanitarian; and businesswoman — whose life’s purpose is to serve people in need and contribute to the global healing of our planet. She established OMG and The Forward Movement as a not-for-profit missionary organization to realize her vision of raising the vibration of our planet.
Dr. Rosier-Royal strongly believes that by collectively joining our resources, energy, knowledge and power we can unite our brothers and sisters globally.
Outreach Goddess
Dr. Niemah Nefertiti Rosier-Royal wears many hats; she is a community leader; parent; friend; mentor; ordained minister; humanitarian; and businesswoman — whose life’s purpose is to serve people in need and contribute to the global healing of our planet. She established OMG and The Forward Movement as a not-for-profit missionary organization to realize her vision of raising the vibration of our planet.
Dr. Rosier-Royal strongly believes that by collectively joining our resources, energy, knowledge and power we can unite our brothers and sisters globally.
Steve Areen
Designer, Photographer & Builder
Steve Areen is a creative designer, builder, musician, puppeteer and adventure photographer.
To meet Steve, go to SteveAreen.com
Designer, Photographer & Builder
Steve Areen is a creative designer, builder, musician, puppeteer and adventure photographer.
To meet Steve, go to SteveAreen.com